"In the book, Vanessa was very gothic, always in black, with piercings and when we started the show, they wanted to make her kind of Lower East Side … tight skinny jeans, high-tops, and things like that," Szohr explained.

"I had just moved here so I wasn't aware of the neighborhoods, so when I was doing homework for my character, I went to the Lower East Side."

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Starrica•March 01, 2008 11:24

. Vanessa's beauty is blatanly ignored by the other characters because she doesn't fit their criteria for entry into the High Life. I think that Vanessa is the most attractive girl on the cast. And I'd rather see Dan with her than Serena. You guys know that I am both Pro-Serena and Pro-Dan, but I am also Pro-Reality. I know that opposites can attract, and in Serena and Dan's case, they do. But Dan and Vanessa have more of a friendship foundation, whereas Serena and Dan have more of a flame. Everyone knows that flames die out. After Serena and Dan grow out of the "puppy love" phase and the reality of their differences seep in, I doubt that they will have anything to fall back on. Serena and Dan don't have rapport the way that Vanessa and Dan do. Dan and Vanessa enjoy each other's time, it's just not a sexual thing like it is with Serena. Looking more into the future, Serena is an amazing girl, but she's so high maitenance that Dan's future income won't be able to satisfy her.

[to Jenny] That's the thing. You need to be cool to be queen. Anne Boleyn thought only with her heart and she got her head chopped off. So her daughter Elizabeth made a vow never to marry a man. She married a country. Forget boys. Keep your eye on the prize, Jenny Humphrey. You can't make people love you, but you can make them fear you. For what it's worth, you're my Queen. I choose you.